Chapter 746 — Partners in Crime
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Qiu Lingshan's words were blunt, but with a man like Liu Bojia there was no need for courtesy. He had not only cost Wei Zhao a great deal of true qi, but had also caused the police enormous trouble and confusion.
After waking, Liu Bojia had also heard from the doctors how long he had been unconscious and what his condition had been during that time—kept alive entirely by a ventilator, and certain to die the moment it was removed!
In short, the hospital had been utterly helpless about his injuries. Who knew where the police had found such an expert to treat Liu Bojia, so that he could be pulled back from the brink.
"How much do you know?" When Liu Bojia asked this, he still clung to a sliver of hope. He did not know how much the police knew, and so he could choose which questions to answer.
"The tomb-raiding organization code-named the Couple Thieves has been taken down," Chen Yuxuan said. He did not say that the two ringleaders of the Couple Thieves had been shot dead, only that they had been caught—this was meant to put psychological pressure on Liu Bojia, to make him believe the police had already found the evidence of his crimes. "According to their statements, you were also a member of the tomb-raiding gang, and you took part in their next plan as well. And this time, the annihilation of your entire family—that was the work of another tomb-raiding gang silencing you, wasn't it?"
Chen Yuxuan had not said much in detail, but he had laid out the essential facts. Yet the less detail he gave, the more Liu Bojia believed the police already knew most of it! After all, the Couple Thieves had been caught—surely the police would uncover his own small part with a little investigation.
"The Couple Thieves? What do they do? Tomb raiding? What does that have to do with me?" Liu Bojia asked tentatively. He did not believe that the Couple Thieves would have given him up the moment they were caught—that made little sense, since he had no conflict of interest with them! The tomb-raiding trade had its rules: if you were caught and started biting everyone, you would very likely bring retaliation from your fellow professionals!
You went in, but you must have family, don't you? If they can't get revenge on you, they'll get revenge on your family!
That's why so many tomb raiders, once caught, only confess their own crimes. As for the other tomb-raiding outfits they know about, and the sales channels, they say nothing more—otherwise their family on the outside would very likely become the target of frenzied revenge!
"Heh, so you're thinking that since the husband-and-wife bandits didn't confess anything else, singling you out like that seems a bit far-fetched, isn't that right?" Qiu Lingshan had spent years in criminal investigation and had learned to read faces; one look at Liu Bojia's expression told her exactly what was on his mind.
"It's true that I'm an archaeologist, and I do have connections with some tomb-raiding gangs, but I don't take part in the raids myself—I only privately appraise antiques they've plundered from tombs..." Liu Bojia began making excuses for himself.